April 1 marks the beginning of Global Astronomy Month 2010: The long-awaited global celebration of people sharing the same sky. The day begins just West of the International Date Line so Oceania and Eastern Asia are the first to mark the start of what will be a month full of events.

IYA2009 Museum Collection: The IYA2009 and the official IYA2009 Collection Curator, Science Museum would like to collect a sample of this material as a museum collection of the fantastic activities carried out around the world in 2009

IYA2009 - Roadmap to IYA2009’s Living Heritage : The IYA2009 was never foreseen to be a “one-off” event for one year, but a means to creating structures for collaboration, lasting self-sustaining activities and innovative concepts for the communication of astronomy.